Barbacenia is a plant genus in the family Velloziaceae, described as a genus in 1788.Vandelli, Domingo. 1788. Florae Lusitanicae et Brasiliensis Specimen 21Tropicos, Barbacenia Vand. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil with the exception of B. celiae, which crosses the border into Venezuela.Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1962. A synopsis of the American Velloziaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 35: 251-292, plates i-viiiHokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, CaracasForzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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